Yvonne Kushner was an American actress in New York and Washington, District of Columbia.
Background
Yvonne Levy was born on October 12, 1906 at New Iberia, Louisiana as the youngest of three children of Leopold and Blanche (née Coguenhem) Levy. Her father was originally from Alsace and emigrated to the United States in 1879. He was born in Wingersheim, Alsace, in 1864, when it was part of France, along the disputed border regions between Germany and France.
Her mother was a native of Louisiana, the daughter of a French-Jewish father, whose family originally came from Lorraine, and an American mother.
Education
Six years later, he moved his family to Washington, Doctorate. C. Yvonne and her sister both attended Central High School, where Yvonne was captain of the debating team and performed in school plays.
Career
She became a fund raiser for women"s health and Jewish causes. He worked in New Orleans as a merchant and in real estate. In 1916, Leopold Levy took over the lease for the failed Louisiana State Bank in New Orleans and renamed the building as The Antique Dome, selling old furniture and antiques.
Yvonne"s brother Oscar Isaac Levy (1892–1957) attended Tulane University as a science major and later the University of Chicago.
By the time of World War One, he worked as an assistant examiner with the United States Patent Office in New Orleans. She served as Hadassah’s first representative in the city.
During World World War II, she lobbied relentlessly to save hundreds of Polish orphans, known as the "Tehran Children", who were stranded in Persia after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Not long after her high school graduation, Yvonne Levy became an actress in New York City.
She became a regular performer at the City Theatre.
In later years she would act in and direct dramatic productions put on at the Adas Israel Congregation.
Membership
Levy Kushner was also an active fund raiser for the Columbia Hospital for Women and a member of Hadassah, B"nai B"rith and Youth Aliyah.
